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The 20th ETN conference will take place from March 02 until 04, 2023 in Łódź, Poland and will have the motto „Codes - stories in textiles“. A wide range of lectures will illuminate countless stories that are hidden in textiles and reflect the character of different cultures.. The conference will be held as a hybrid event. This means that an on-site attendance will be possible, but participants and speakers may also take part online via Zoom. Should the geopolitical or the Covid19 situation develop in a direction that makes an on-site conference completely impossible, the conference will be held on March 02 until 04 as a purely online event. 

The conference was originally planned in St. Petersburg and it is very sad that this is not possible due to the political situation. However, we are glad that we found a very interesting alternative conference location in Poland. Łódź is a traditional textile town well known to many ETN members. There is a large textile museum, the "Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź", which is also home to a well-known International Triennial of Tapestry. Chief Curator is ETN Board Member Marta Kowalewska. This year the event is taking place for the 17th time and has the motto "Entangled State". From 477 applications, a jury selected 57 works, which will be shown in a major exhibition between October 8, 2022 and April 15, 2023. More information about the ITT is available here: https://cmwl.pl/public/informacje/17-miedzynarodowe-triennale-tkaniny,226 
Another vital partner and host of the lectures on March 03 and 04 is the Strzemiński Academy of Art Łódź. This Academy with it’s outstanding textile department will impress you with a tour through the studios of Decorative Textiles. All lectures will be heard in the large, state of the art auditorium at the Academy. Have a look at Christina’s and Andreas’ recent report about their visit in Lodz: https://etn-net.org/berichte/reports.html

We are very honoured and thrilled that we can be guests at this special textile hotspot with this year’s ETN conference beginning of November. We look forward to interesting international speakers who will talk about the many facets of the conference topic. Contributions from the field of modern textile art, textile handicrafts as well as lectures that shed light on historical or ethnographic aspects can be expected. The conference logo shows so-called Khipus as a motif, knotted cords from the Inca culture in South America. These Khipus were used in times before the Spanish influence to archive various information using knots. During the conference we will hear an exciting talk by researcher Manuel Medrano on this topic. Of course, a visit to the Triennale and interesting exhibitions are also part of the conference programme.

We are looking forward meeting you in Lodz!

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PARTNERS

Conference hall at the Academy of Fine Art
photo: Christina Leitner

The Central Museum of Lodz, - Conference venue 1
photo by the museum

The Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz
venue of the first conference day
photo: Andreas Selzer

The Academy of Fine Arts, Conference Venue 2
photo: Christina Leitner

The Central Museum of Lodz - permanent exhibition
photo by the museum

Oceáno Cósmico (detail), part of the
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ecture by María Dávila y Eduardo Portillo, VEN: Imagined Cosmos
photo by the artists

Bojagi art, parrt of the 
Lecture by Chunghie Lee, KOR: No-name Woman 
photo by the artist
                         

 

The International Triennial of Tapestry (ITT)
part of the tours on the first conference day

Lecture by Manuel Medrano, US: Reflections on Structure in Andean Khipus
photo: Manuel Medrano

 

 

Lecture by Lala de Dios, ES: Woven Codes in Teresa Lanceta’s work
Detail of a weaving by Teresa Lanceta showing her version of the rhombus one of the most used patterns in Moroccan weavings.
photo:
©Enrique Moreno

The Lodz City Culture Park, part of the Central Museum of Textiles
part of the guided tours on the first conference day
photo by the museum

Lecture by Gérard Maizou and Kathrin Müller, DE: Happy Roses − Angry Peppers. The Language of Oya Lace
photo: © Gérard Maizou

The Central Museum of Textiles - permanent exhibition
photo by the museum

The Central Museum of Textiles - permanent exhibition
photo:
Christina Leitner